Indian badminton star PV Sindhu (By/Twitter)
Seventh-seeded Sindhu clashed with Thailand’s 21-year-old Fittayaporn Chaiwan, who had secured the number one ranking in the world junior rankings.
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Two Indian women’s badminton legends, PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, faced opposite fates at the Malaysia Open Super 750 tournament, with the former progressing to the second round and the latter crashing out after losing their opener here on Wednesday.
If former world champion Sindhu did well to beat world number 10 Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand 21-13 21-17, London Olympics bronze medalist Saina went on to beat world 33 ranked American Iris Wang 11-21. Lost. 17-21 in 37 minutes.
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Seventh-seeded Sindhu clashed with Thailand’s 21-year-old Fittayaporn Chaiwan, who secured the number one ranking in the world junior rankings and was also part of the bronze medal-winning team at the Uber Cup in Bangkok. ,
B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, who are leading India in the Commonwealth Games, also could not get ahead of the world number 21 pair of Robin Tabelling and Selena Pike of the Netherlands.
The Indian pair lost 15-21 21-19 17-21 after a 52-minute fight.
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